Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-15
AWRECKRED WITH BLOOD
ruYRTY.TWO KILLED OUTRIGHT
AND 70 INJURED.

The Train Falls Through a Bridge to
roadway 80 Feet Below-The cars
gmashed to Women MOST
uorribly Mutilated-Ono Gut COM
,o4aI, IN Two and Another Decapi-
tated-One of ouArt1cte OF Oaro
PLAYERS Finds Himself the Sole Sur"
v,vor with Blood Bespsttered Queen
in His Band
poeToN. MASS, March 14.--A heavily
loaded passenger train on the Dednam
branch of the Boston and Providence
railroad met with a terrible accident at Z
O'Clock this morning between Rosllndale
ord ForestyiIle, mt what is known as
Bussey Park bridge. The O'Clock train
from Dedham, consisting of seven cars
and A baggage car, under charge of Con-
0uctor Tllden, broke through the bridge.
The engine and three cars went over
safely. but five others fell through the
bridge to the road beneath. distance OF
thirty feet. The last Car, which was
smoker, turned completely over and
struck on top OF the others, all being
~crushed almost out OF shape.
THE DEAD AND INJURED.
Among the killed are Conductor Tilden,
Sergeant Naylor, OF the West Roxbury
diyision of the Boston police; w. Il.
Snow, Alice Burnett, of Roslindale; Mabel
Adams and Frank Norris, OF Dedham,
ard Harry Gay mortally injured and
dying. M,
mer. Nellie Palmer, Mrs. Alex George,
Lord L. A. Carr. Mrs. Lippincott. Cassie
Smitbers, - Drisco, George May and
Fred E. Schroeder.
The train was crowded with working
people, and most intense excitement pre-
vailed among their friends, who were
anxious to learn the names OF those
killed and injured.
THIRTY-TwO CoRPSES.
Boston, March IA, P. M.-Twenty-
seyep dead bodies have been identified,
There are at the mOrgue the bodies OF
three men and two women which as yet
remain unidentified.
The scene of the accident is about
mile from Jamaica Plain, where the main
line of the Boston and Providence rail-
road branches of 20 the left TO Readvile
and Providence, while 10 the right runs
in a sweeping curve the Dedham branch.
This arm is built through valley, and
the embankment for long distance Is
higA one. South street, which leaves
Newton street near the Buzzey woods,
runs diagonally under the track OF the
branch, and it was into this cut that the
cars OF the train plunged from the bridge
which crossed it. 1t has been stated that
owing to the peculiar arrangement of the
abutment of the bridge it was really
weakest on the c0ncaVe side of the curve
where the heaviest strain was eXpe-
rlenced.
THE ILL-FATED TRAIN
The train was a local one, heavily laden
with people, majority of whom work in
boston and live in suburban villages. 1t
was composed OF seven passenger and one
baggage car and the engine. The engine
and three cars passed safely over the
bridge, but when the fourth car went
down IL drew back the three which had
crossed the bridge, and which broke loose
from the engine, thus leaving the engine
alone standing in safety upon the track.
Ile engineer Immediately ran his engine
To the nearest station and telegraphed the
news TO the railroad officials. Messen-
gers summoning surgical assistance were
sent out on horseback.
RELIEVING THE INJURED.
The surgeons were at once in attend.
ahce, and The injured passengers received
prompt attention. In the meantime a
IOrce OF men set TO work TO relieve those
VINO were pinned under the wreck, and
lHe Wrecklng train was made up and at
once sent 10 the scene. One hundred and
TIly mattresses were obtained at the City
nosplIal ana sent to the scene of the ac-
o,ueHI @ Dy special train, which also
carried large number of surgeons,
I1e bridge evidently gave way when
sue lourtn car was passing over it. The
i've rear cars went throu h to the road
NY, landing In mass Of splinters in
the street.
COMPLETE WRECK.
Inc strain Of the five falling cars pulled
S 1Te tnree cars lii advance from the rail.
noy remained on top OF the embaEA-
ment, Out were pulled of their trucks.
% "uu Tue moor OF eacn was forced nearly
to .uc Iooi' while the seats were iumbl ed
Seo'neI ,Se III great confusion. The end OF
sa ,ae oeeunu coach was mass OF splnters.
i, "uSeu 'e ny the car ahead grinding against
~ Maeh The others went down thn nm-
oanhment, The third coach was fIattanad
,.e ~ ene ground as if it had fallen on its
u "ueAs from the great height, although It
TT'i"eu on Tue edge of the en- bxnkmeut.
p.io luOl OF the fourth car also ra
Solneu Sn'.eu on the embankment. having e,>.
unnny peeh torn clear from It's iastenlnps
"ueie Inc coach went through.
GROUND INTO sPLGNTERs.
bssI ueAt iour cars went down in n
~ we smoker, which was on tbe,rear
coa"l 'no ua'h, FALLING in the midst of the
sUiin sOTT.es and being actually ground into
ware IL me inmates OF the smoker
escarGnr a., elther killed or injured, not one
Twonf Without injury OF some kind.
1 roaG,, ~. tue coaches went clear across the
@at @attwNa!, landing against a stone wall
the III nued large held at the foot of
Ioco,i'., 1i'., AS the cars lie in their present
/ aLenI,,.n Cney present a picture of sunh
4 aLlo .e u'e ueInoIlJion that 1t seems rernarL,-
alive. FN''0N III lneh escaped
-, doW FIRE WAS PREVENTED.
n tnSt mS The horrors OF fire were not added
/ pronn ,nu terrible ,saster was due to tine
/ A cLlnIess pUness with which relief was sant
Al ,Se lilcal engine from Roslindale was
wrooI, scene within 20 minutes after H.
rier n occurred, brought By a letter car1
spry,,'I n0 gave an alarm OF fire unon Oh
Tho nanes issuing from the debris
tho GrarleS were soon extinguisbed and
resr,',,1eh leh tnen did excellent work IN
tho csras Ine Injured. The stoves m ali
foors 10, we're securely fastened 10 .ha
atnyf. y! IRON bolts and the doors of tho
tho .,s,"ere 80 were locb ed, In only ono car diS
la.oses upset. although i'm one V,u ~
the roof ~ SSVse I've was smashed clear through
'ue cur III which 1t had been.
N. AN EYE WITNESS.
i eye wi,nay idy person known to have been an
On tba less @ OF the disaster who WAC no,
A ,aoio Naln was j. IA Iarna,, -, '